How To Install libevdevPlus on Rocky Linux 8

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdevPlus on Rocky Linux 8. libevdevPlus is A C++ wrapper around libevdev

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdevPlus on Rocky Linux 8.

What is libevdevPlus

A c++ wrapper around libevdev (required for ydotool).

We can use yum or dnf to install libevdevPlus on Rocky Linux 8. In this tutorial we discuss both methods but you only need to choose one of method to install libevdevPlus.

Install libevdevPlus on Rocky Linux 8 Using dnf

Update yum database with dnf using the following command.

sudo dnf makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libevdevPlus using dnf by running the following command:

sudo dnf -y install libevdevPlus

Install libevdevPlus on Rocky Linux 8 Using yum

Update yum database with yum using the following command.

sudo yum makecache --refresh

After updating yum database, We can install libevdevPlus using yum by running the following command:

sudo yum -y install libevdevPlus

How To Uninstall libevdevPlus on Rocky Linux 8

To uninstall only the libevdevPlus package we can use the following command:

sudo dnf remove libevdevPlus

libevdevPlus Package Contents on Rocky Linux 8

/usr/lib/.build-id
/usr/lib/.build-id/48
/usr/lib/.build-id/48/a3662684f390c3d5baae6d87f76de212e80c4b
/usr/lib64/libevdevPlus.so.0
/usr/lib64/libevdevPlus.so.0.1.1
/usr/share/doc/libevdevPlus
/usr/share/doc/libevdevPlus/README.md
/usr/share/licenses/libevdevPlus
/usr/share/licenses/libevdevPlus/LICENSE

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libevdevPlus on Rocky Linux 8 using yum and dnf.